Nagios XI vs Servers Alive
Nagios XI
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| Figure | Nagios XI | Servers Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | €16.58/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 9 | 2 |
| Spec score · Server Monitoring | 9.0 (#4) | 7.6 (#29) |
| Headquarters | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States | Belgium |
| Reporting | Standard includes availability, bandwidth and executive-summary reports; Enterprise adds SLA reports, capacity planning and scheduled PDF or CSV delivery. | Users can create HTML output templates, and the product uses RRD to graph check times and results. |
| Support | A paid license includes the first year of Maintenance & Support, version upgrades, up to ten support cases, Support Portal access, Premium features, and an assigned Customer Success Manager. | The maker offers a support and maintenance contract for Servers Alive v10 for EURO 85. |
| Trial | The 30-day trial includes unlimited monitoring, Enterprise features, and direct technical support, with no credit card required. | The maker offers a free trial with no time limit and says all features can be tried. |
Plans
Nagios XI
- Standard — 100 Nodes$2,595, paid once
- Enterprise — 100 Nodes$4,690, paid once
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Standard$2,595, paid once
- Standard (100-Node)$2,595, paid once
- Enterprise$4,690, paid once
- Enterprise (100-Node)$4,690, paid once
- SitewidePriced on request
In their own words
Nagios XI
Nagios XI monitors servers, network devices, applications and services from a Linux server you manage. It checks configured thresholds, records results and sends notifications. Standard includes more than 90 configuration wizards, auto-discovery, dashboards, performance graphs, an open REST API, automation, configuration rollback and snapshots. Enterprise adds SLA and capacity-planning reports, scheduled reports and pages, business process intelligence, bulk changes and an audit log. Users can be restricted to assigned host and service groups, with authentication options including Active Directory or LDAP over SSL, Microsoft Entra ID single sign-on and Duo two-factor authentication. It is self-hosted on Linux, with virtual machine images for several hypervisors and offline installation on Red Hat and CentOS Stream. A 30-day trial provides unlimited monitoring, Enterprise features and direct support without a credit card. The free plan is limited to 7 nodes or 100 services, whichever comes first. Paid perpetual licenses are priced by monitored nodes: Standard is $2,595.00 once and Enterprise is $4,690.00 once, each shown for 100 nodes.
Servers Alive
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